Palm Springs Fest Will Screen These 50 Foreign Oscar Contenders

Palm Springs Fest Will Screen These 50 Foreign Oscar Contenders

Running January 2-12, Palm Springs annually offers a robust showcase for the Foreign Language Oscar contenders. Many remain at large on the distribution market while others, including buzzy titles “Force Majeure,” “Mommy,” “Winter Sleep,” “Leviathan” and “Wild Tales” have had or will have qualifying runs in the US this season. This year the fest screens 50 of the 83 submissions.

The Awards Buzz section is selected by programmers as the strongest entries in this year’s Academy Awards race. A special jury of international film critics will review these films to present the FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress in this category. The following 50 films are selected to screen (in alphabetical order by country):